NEW BEDFORD — Police are searching for two men who robbed a North End convenience store Thursday morning.

NEW BEDFORD — Police are searching for two men who robbed a North End convenience store Thursday morning.

The masked men entered the Royal 7 Food and Deli at Summer and Coggeshall streets around 10 a.m., claimed to have a weapon and demanded cash, according to police.

The store clerk told police one of the men was holding an object but she could not make out what it was and, when the men demanded money, she stepped aside from the register, said Detective Capt. Steven Vicente, head of the major crimes unit.

The men were in the store for only a few minutes before they fled with an undetermined amount of cash, Vicente said.

One man was said to be 5 feet, 5 inches tall and the other 5 feet, 8 inches tall.